1658 in music

The year 1658 in music involved some significant events.

List of years in music (table)
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Events

• Johann Jacob Froberger leaves Vienna for the last time.
• Sir William Davenant's "operatic show," The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, is staged at the Cockpit Theatre in London during the summer.

Publications

• Henry Lawes – Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces, vol. 3
• Etienne Moulinié – Meslanges de sujets Chrestiens ... avec une basse continue, a collection of sacred music

Classical music

• Andreas Hammerschmidt – chorale: Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, after Christian Keymann's hymn
• Johann Rudolf Ahle -- Ich hab's gewagt[1]

Opera

• Johann Caspar Kerll – Applausi Festivi

Births

• April 22 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (died 1709)
• probable – Jean Desfontaines, composer (died c.1752)

Deaths

• March – Valentin Dretzel, composer
• probable
  • Dario Castello, Italian composer (born c.1590)
  • Henry Ferrabosco, English court musician

References

1. "Category:Works first published in 1658 - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-11.